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Ten Looking for Repeat Performances

Narbonne, Torrance Bishop Montgomery, Playa del Rey St. Bernard and Pilgrim will try to successfully defend their titles when City and Southern Section girls' basketball championship games are played this weekend.

The City Invitational final is Friday at Los Angeles Southwest College, the City championship game Saturday at the Forum.

Southern Section finals are Friday and Saturday at the Pyramid in Long Beach.

Here is a look at each championship game:

CITY SECTION CHAMPIONSHIP

* NARBONNE vs. WESTCHESTER, Saturday at the Forum, 4 p.m.: Defending City and state champion Narbonne is aiming to repeat both titles and the Lady Gauchos will be tough to stop with Tennessee-bound guard Loree Moore leading the way. Westchester is led by USC-bound center Kim Gipson, but the Comets do not have as much depth as Narbonne.

* LYNWOOD (24-2) vs. ANAHEIM ESPERANZA (26-4), Saturday at the Pyramid, 8:15 p.m.: Sade Wiley-Gatewood and Necel Woods are top players for top-seeded Lynwood, which is out to challenge Ventura Buena and Narbonne for the Southern California regional title. Esperanza is led by center Bethany Blair.

DIVISION I-AA

* SAN CLEMENTE (27-3) vs. IRVINE (24-6), Saturday at the Pyramid, 2:45 p.m.: Kristin Thawley scored 16 points in the semifinals as Irvine advanced to its first championship game. Kim Buffum and Megan Blackshire lead top-seeded San Clemente.

DIVISION I-A

* VENTURA BUENA (28-0) vs. FULLERTON TROY (26-4), Saturday at the Pyramid, 6:30 p.m.: Buena, led by Tennessee-bound guard Courtney Young, is ranked No. 1 in the nation by several polls and is trying to win its seventh section title. Troy, making its third consecutive appearance in a final, is seeking its first championship.

DIVISION II-AA

* BREA OLINDA (25-4) vs. NORTH TORRANCE (26-4), Friday at the Pyramid, 8:15 p.m.: Brea Olinda is in the finals for the 13th consecutive year. North Torrance will try to do what Bay League rival Redondo Union did to Brea last season--beat it in the championship game.

* MORRO BAY (20-5) vs. OAK PARK (22-5), Saturday at the Pyramid, 1 p.m.: Karena Bonds, who scored 30 points in the quarterfinals and 18 in the semifinals, is Morro Bay's top player. Oak Park has several three-year starters and is making its first championship-game appearance.

DIVISION IV-A

* PLAYA DEL REY ST. BERNARD (18-11) vs. SANTA ANA CALVARY CHAPEL (21-8), Friday at the Pyramid, 3 p.m.: St. Bernard is the defending champion. The Vikings can repeat if they stop Erin John and Shayna Fabre, who led Calvary Chapel in a semifinal victory over Santa Maria St. Joseph.

* PILGRIM (23-6) vs. ROLLING HILLS PREP (25-3), Saturday at the Pyramid, 9:30 a.m.: Top-seeded Pilgrim is the defending champion, but the Patriots could have their hands full with a Rolling Hills Prep team led by Lauryn Stayton.